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Yeah. Yeah, give me more, more.

Yeah, little bit more.

Hold it.

Yeah, now the lips.

I want a little Bit more with the lips.

That's it. Now wider with the eyes.

Wider.

Look down, down a little bit.

Now, just think.

Think that midnight mist Is the most wonderful

Fragrance in the whole world--

Andre, I'm not ready yet.

Janelle, you're always ready.

Where's the hairdresser?

April, get them into makeup.

Now, just give it to me Once more huh?

Yes, that's it. That's better.

Now, hey, you dumb broad, I said smile!

Yes.

The best shot of all.

- andre, I could kill you. - I know.

It was beautiful.

You're wonderful. Isn't she, lawrence, huh?

The best midnight mist You've ever had.

Who said?

You did... With your eyes.

Oh, my god.

Bradley sloane, Owned a model agency.

The m.E. Says that it was A .32 caliber.

One shot, close range.

Now I have rizzo and saperstein Checking with the neighbors.

There's no forced entry. Looks like somebody let him in.

Lieutenant.

Lieutenant, this is mr. Morino.

He found the body.

I just came up to have Him sign some papers.

That's all.

Now he's dead. I just don't believe it.

I don't.

When did you see him last?

Yesterday, right here, This office.

We sit, and we're laughing,

Joking.

My god, I just don't know What this is all about,

You know?

Business couldn't have been Better.

I swear, we were just going up Like a rocket.

He have any enemies?

I know you're not gonna Believe this, mr. Morino.

I'm the sweetest guy in the World, but even I have enemies.

All right, yeah, There was competitors.

You know, We had some competitors.

I suppose a few Were maybe jealous.

Women?

You handle beautiful women, You can't help.

You mix a little pleasure With business.

No wonder we can't Get the young guys to join

The police department; We got no fringe benefits.

Oh, brad, no!

Easy, baby, easy.

What happened?

Just take it easy.

Just--just take it easy.

Now, how--how did you find out?

This, I got this.

What is this?

"Janelle. Gutter tramp. Slut.

Sloane's blood Is on your hands."

Take this to the lab.

Maybe there's some fresh prints On it.

Get everybody out of here And downtown.

All you people From the model agency,

Please come with me, Appreciate your cooperation

Down at manhattan south.

Please, thank you.

Thank you very much.

I'm lieutenant kojak.

I don't know Who sent me that letter.

Ever get anything Like that before?

Beautiful models Get crank letters all the time.

You and mr. Sloane Were pretty close?

This is janelle rawlings, Lieutenant.

She's brad's hottest model.

Brad and I started dating

Right after he and Marshall signed me.

- marshall? - marshall tyler.

They were partners. They just split.

Why?

Well, they were pulling In separate directions

For years As to how to run the business.

Mr. Morino, I understand That you're distraught,

But you're beginning To get into my hair,

If you'll pardon the expression,

So if you've got an answer To that,

Just hold it to yourself.

Burt, I need to talk to you.

You promised me you'd get me A contract somewhere.

Oh, no, no, no, not now.

When?

You don't let Me see you anymore.

You don't answer my calls.

I can't get to you.

I couldn't get to sloane.

I was good to him, burt.

Nobody forced you.

I'm 32.

It's passing me by.

What the hell Can I do about that?

You said it yourself, baby.

You're 32.

There's nothing Anybody can do about that.

Oh, april, I'm sorry.

No!

- janelle, you all right? - yeah.

You okay?

Lieutenant, I found a tenant Who thought that she saw

A woman at sloane's door Last night.

All right, bring her along.

Okay.

God, I can't believe He's dead.

Why don't you just go inside And try to get some rest?

Yeah, yeah.

- how was his day, bertha? - the usual.

Well, what does that mean?

He ate.

He slept.

His temperature was normal.

His body functions were normal.

I gave him an hour of therapy.

It had no effect.

I heard about mr. Sloane On the radio.

How is that?

The face was wider And higher cheekbones.

Wider and higher cheekbones.

Yes, sir.

Was she ugly?

Pretty?

- plain. - plain.

The way I like when I get up In the morning.

Not like the other women He had visiting.

All right, so I like To look at faces that look

Like I should have looked Like but don't.

Me too.

I hadn't dated brad for ages.

He was the kind of guy Who played the field.

Actually, he was a bum.

And I knew it from the start.

You don't know this business.

Well, teach me.

Burt came to me.

He said sloane Had some great bookings.

He'd put me up for them.

At the time, I was hungry, scared.

Nothing was going right.

I needed the job at the time.

Burt said all I had to do Was date sloane a few times.

God, you kid yourself.

You say, "Career..."

Prints?

Plenty.

Janelle rawlings And everybody who grabbed it

After she fainted.

Lieutenant, the post office Can't trace the exact mailbox,

But any way you figure it, That letter had to be mailed

Before the murder.

How's that for premeditation?

All right, morino, Let's try it again.

Where were you last night?

I already told you. I was out.

And what kind of car Were you driving?

The jaguar, Did I tell you that already?

No, you didn't tell Me the year, though.

All right, Enough of this stuff.

This--hey!

I want to know what the hell I'm still doing here.

Mr. Morino's upset.

Don't be.

I mean, we got To stay here all the time.

Come on.

Close the door.

Sit down, mr. Morino.

I understand you're in the habit Of making

Promises to pretty girls, You know,

Give a little something extra?

Oh, yeah? Where'd you hear that story?

Oh, everybody. It's in the yellow pages.

And I don't want to hear That you're grieving

For your boss either,

Because I understand You had some words.

Yeah, well, that's all right.

So we didn't get along.

I'm no angel. Neither was sloane.

Where were you last night?

Out.

All night?

I was with a model.

What model?

I can't say.

Oh. Business?

She's not with our agency.

Pleasure?

Look, she's very important.

I was trying to kidnap her. It's my profession.

Sloane wanted me to get her Away from her agent

Any way I could.

Kidnapping.

Is that part of your job, Stealing clients?

Well, I was sloane's headhunter.

You jealous?

Crocker!

Shove a cork in his mouth And hold him.

What for?

Kidnapping, mr. Morino.

You said That was your profession, right?

Look, lieutenant, I got An awful lot of work to do.

Yeah, well, I know your work,

And I admire your work, Mr. Morino.

But in the meantime, It's gonna have to wait.

Take him out.

- come on. - just...

That way.

What I'm trying to say Is you were looking past

My face When you said I was nice.

Like behind my eyes.

Like I'm looking past yours.

That doesn't happen very often To a girl who's

Unlucky enough to look the way I do.

I mean, We could have a drink sometime.

Stavros.

Stavros!

You know, It's not against the law.

You can always take her out For a drink.

She's gorgeous.

Yeah, well, Don't hold that against her.

Take her up on it. Drive her home.

In the meantime, Go see what janelle rawlings,

If she's still able to talk Some more, okay?

- go ahead. - yes, sir.

Rizzo!

- yeah. - the model april daly.

- she show up? - not yet.

Well, go find her. It's a great big city.

- maybe she got lost. - okay.

Miss ginger, I'll be taking you home.

She will suffer Like I suffered.

Do you hear me? You tell her that.

And you make sure That she hears you.

I'm sorry I'm late.

I had to check on some film That I just developed.

Oh, do you usually Work this late at night?

When we are rushed To get an assignment out,

We don't look at the clocks.

Just like you fellas.

What's he doing there?

Your friend, mr. Morino, Is resting.

You bring janelle rawlings With you?

I rang the doorbell. There was no answer.

- you got a cigarette on you? - sure.

I don't smoke.

All right, process him And send him home.

- let's go. - lieutenant.

This is mrs. Bloom. We've come up with a sketch.

She's the witness in the hall.

- you hear the shot? - I was watching tv.

I have it up loud. My husband snores.

But I thought I heard something,

So I got up to Look.

Well, thank you, mrs. Bloom, For being so

Cooperative so many hours.

Yeah, thank you.

You know, sharp guy Like morino could have done it.

He knew sloane had women.

So he rents himself a dress.

Lets himself be seen, huh?

Mm-hmm.

Now, would you believe I Couldn't find any cigarettes?

That will do.

Oh?

Okay.

So anyway, I was trying To make it as an actress.

Then I met janelle, Another chicago kid.

We sort of hung out together.

The older you are, The scareder you are.

Everything is fast In this business.

A couple of lines here, It's over.

What do you think of janelle?

She looks like a nun.

She isn't.

Don't you knock When you come in, charlie?

What'd you order, frank?

I ordered a scrambled egg Sandwich well-done with pimento.

I don't do that to my eggs.

It spoils the flavor.

Charlie, that kind Of talk I can get

From the sandwich machine.

From you, I expect service.

Come on, I got the money in my office.

But--but--

Get out of here.

The iced coffee Is probably warm.

- thanks. - and the hot coffee is cold.

And what's new?

I guess you think I'm pretty lousy

Saying what I did about janelle.

No.

I mean, You said she was your friend.

She is. But she's younger than me.

And she's climbing to the top.

She's where I never have been And never will be.

I've worked hard. I've studied hard.

I hate her.

I hate her guts.

I can't stand Looking at her face.

She's my best friend.

Well, I believe you.

Now... Now, what about morino?

Was he really with you the night Of the murder?

All night.

Crocker!

Let morino go For the time being.

Thank you very much, ma'am.

Thanks for the cigar.

Okay.

A lot of sad people For such a pretty business.

And hard to believe That one of them could be

The killer.

April.

April!

What did you tell those cops Last night?

That I was with you At the time that they

Established for the murder.

What the hell Did you say that for?

I saw you in that cell, Thought you needed an alibi.

I needed one?

Or you needed one?

What'd the police want?

Oh, just some more information On sloane.

Just stop it.

Burt, there's a lot of work To be done on her.

Let us work.

Listen, honey, As soon as marshall tyler comes,

You'll talk to him, okay?

Brad hasn't even been dead A day.

I mean, Do we have to talk business?

Now, marshall Can get you a film contract.

That's what he went out To california for.

Just like candice bergen, Berenson, huh?

He'll be here later, You'll go see him,

And you'll talk, huh?

Not at his apartment.

All right, wherever you want. Your place?

I can't even stand To look at myself anymore.

Baby--

- how are ya? - aw, lieutenant,

The lady here, you see,

Is trying to do A million-dollar layout.

Is that okay?

Crocker, why don't you let Mr. Morino show you around.

Maybe you'll buy somebody.

You feeling all right?

Better.

Thanks for giving me the time To get myself together.

Oh, that's okay.

You know, the woman seen Leaving mr. Sloane's apartment,

They say she Looks something like that.

What's the matter?

Oh, it looks like my sister.

Oh.

- where is she? - she's dead.

I'm sorry.

You know, it's a long way From the chicago slums

To madison avenue.

It's not that hard when you Don't have any other choice.

My father couldn't work.

My sister made him so sick.

I used to just hate Going back to that...

Squalid room,

Watch him cry For my sister.

So I just buried myself In fashion magazines.

Lieutenant, You're wrecking my schedule.

Cut the lights out.

I want to thank you very much For being so

Cooperative with your local Police.

Lights, camera, And action, and like that.

Crocker.

I'm telling you, It was a complete shock.

I had some papers That I wanted him to sign.

I told janelle I was going up to his place.

So I go up to the place, I ring the bell, no answer.

I figure, okay, He's entertaining as usual.

I take out my key, I open up the door,

There he is lying on the floor, Dead.

I mean, half an hour earlier, Maybe, I was talking to him.

That's all, half an hour.

Don't be gross, burt.

I don't expect To move in with her.

- does she know I'm coming up? - she knows.

She knows.

Marshall, she's really upset About all this.

Thank you, burt.

Marshall, janelle Is really a very nice kid.

You know, she's not like The run of the mill.

You dig her, don't you?

What the hell Are you talking about?

I guess it really bothered you When she was with sloane.

The police Don't even suspect you, do they?

Look, I don't have To listen to this.

You wanted his business.

You wanted his women. And you want mine too.

Okay, okay, You want me to take a walk?

I'll take a walk.

I want you to get through all This bull about your grief

And tell me what you've done About janelle rawlings.

She'll sign. She'll sign. I told you.

I told you. She'll sign.

I know, burt.

You'll see that she does.

Or you'll find another way To pay me what you owe me

For helping to finance The life you live,

Won't you, burt?

- hi, mr. Morino. - hi, bertha.

How are you doing?

Oh, my dear, my dear, poor girl.

How sad for all of us.

But it's not as if we Didn't know brad was into

A lot of strange relationships.

How can you be so flip?

- hey, you okay? - I'm fine.

Well, with all the sadness In the world,

I suggest a little cheer.

Mine is scotch. Anybody?

You said you had Some promotion people

To chauffeur around.

Oh, right, right.

Promotion people, right.

I thought you said You were gonna stay.

I'd like to, doll, But promotion people are very

Important for all of us.

So you two are just gonna Have to get along

Without me, okay?

Try sign language.

Play monopoly.

Hey, great news.

I can set you on A two-picture deal.

Just on the basis of what you've Already done with midnight mist.

They like your quality.

Marshall, I think you'd better go.

Go; I'll talk with burt About it in the morning.

Honey.

Burt is a stray dog Who picks up leftovers.

That's how he survives.

I can make it happen for you, Janelle.

I'm not in chicago. I'm in detroit.

The old man rawlings Was a hard worker.

His wife died 15 years ago.

He brought up the two girls Himself.

He was very strict.

Margaret was a wild one.

Five years ago, She ran away and came here.

And I can't find her On the deaths records of the

City of detroit In the last ten years.

If the kid ran off, she may Have used a phony name, right?

So you keep at it.

In the meantime, I'll telex a composite

Of our suspect To the detroit p.D.

Why? You think the killer's From here?

I don't know.

That's why I sent you, watson.

Well, sherlock?

They didn't get anything Off the letter.

They even tried janelle, uh, Rawlings...Nothing.

"Janelle, gutter tramp, slut.

Sloane's blood Is on your hands."

Why bother writing the letter?

It has to be somebody she knows.

Someone who wants her to know Who did it.

A lot of killings In the paper.

Let them all die.

I know I'm just a desk clerk In this wonderful

Hotel you live in,

But you could talk to me A little.

Just lock up when you leave.

Mr. Tyler.

I thought you and I Had an understanding about

This sort of thing.

Oh, hello. I'm lieutenant kojak.

Miss rawlings Is expecting you.

Thank you.

- come in. - thank you.

This is a friend of janelle's.

Sometimes we're sure he hears.

Well...

You have a very pretty daughter.

This one?

You want me to look at this one?

This must be margaret.

Well, you can hear much better From inside this room.

I was just very concerned.

You never know with new visitors How he will react.

Oh, does he get many visitors?

Mostly mr. Morino.

And margaret?

- who? - margaret rawlings.

There must be some mistake.

Margaret rawlings is dead.

Oh, I'm sorry. I must have the wrong name.

Where were you the other night When mr. Sloane was killed?

Why, I was here. Ask mr. Ra--

Hi, lieutenant.

- hiya. - would you give me a minute?

Of course.

Hi, How are you doing today, dad?

I think you're looking Pretty fantastic.

Okay?

Miss rawlings, that letter,

It was definitely Written by a woman.

Three handwriting experts Confirmed it.

Well, I guess brad's past Finally caught up with him.

You know, The guy was quite a swinger.

That bother you in any way?

Whoever I have anything To do with doesn't

Concern you, does it?

Okay, but if you loved him, His way of life

Could have bothered you; Jealous women kill.

That concerns me.

I was not in love with brad.

I don't love anyone.

Oh, you love your father.

That's the least I can do.

He's had a pretty lousy life.

I heard about margaret From the chicago police.

Look, I'm sorry if it upsets you To talk about this.

Is it possible that the killer

Could be one of her Friends?

I can't tell you About her friends.

I didn't see her the last couple Of years she was alive.

I was too busy in new york.

My father went to go Look for her by himself.

That's when he had his accident, Right after he found her.

So I can't tell you About her friends.

Yeah.

That's a pretty heavy thing To carry around.

Miss rawlings, This came for you.

I almost forgot.

"If they touch you, They deserve to die.

Tyler found that out."

His name is tyler. The doorman found him.

All right, Apartment-to-apartment,

House-to-house, before everyone That janelle rawlings knew

Gets themselves killed.

I thought I told you To stay in the car.

I heard what you said.

You were right.

Cover him.

All of him, cover him.

You were right.

I had a canary that died.

And I had a puppy that died.

And I had a sister that died.

And my father May as well be dead.

I am a murderer!

Stop it. Stop.

Pretty lady, that one.

She's my favorite.

You seen this one around?

I'm sorry, that line is busy.

Would you care to hold?

No, not her.

Tell you what.

Why don't you leave This with me.

If I do, I'll let you know.

Thanks very much, mr. Hogan.

It's rizzo, manhattan south.

Right.

- take care. - sure.

The usual, ralph.

The police were just here.

I said to myself, Why are they showing this

Picture around that looks Like the lady in room 412?

So I was just about to say To the cop,

"Hey, That looks like my friend."

But then I figured, Wait a minute.

Why give it to the cops?

They wouldn't show Their appreciation.

But margaret would.

Yes, all right, The telephone message

Was written by the nurse, Bertha.

Well, the handwriting Doesn't resemble

The murder notes at all.

Captain, lieutenant, The bullet taken from tyler

Matches the one That killed sloane.

- kojak. - yeah, lieutenant.

I just left the bar near The garner hotel.

Now, the bartender There says the woman that fits

The description of That composite has a room here.

All right, I'll meet you At the garner hotel.

Crocker.

Where's eddie hogan?

Oh, he's on his break.

Oh, yeah? Where?

In that room over there.

All right, forget it.

Oh, hey, janelle.

About that phone call,

I don't believe you're Serious.

I don't give a damn What you believe.

What was so important?

She's talking about quitting.

She wants out of her deal With us.

Yeah, she told me. I figured you'd be pleased.

All that bad publicity Connected with her name.

Yeah, well, I just Checked the latest figures.

And our sales have jumped Since sloane's killing.

Yeah?

Did you knock off sloane?

That's not funny, burt.

Listen, you're close to her.

She digs you.

Get closer.

I never touched her.

I don't care how you do it.

Just get her to stay, Or you won't get a job

Sharpening pencils, Not in this business.

Ladies, This is a happy commercial.

Now, smile.

Ladies, You are selling a product.

Smile. Now, just look--

Look to your left.

Wait, wait, just--just wait.

One second, okay?

Because I just want To talk to you.

I just want to talk to you For just a second.

I can't think, burt. Please.

All right, all right. You don't have to think.

You just listen to me, And I'll talk, okay?

Because I've been going over This in my head all night

Trying to figure out What we're gonna do.

Sloane, tyler, What are we gonna do?

Burt.

- will you get out? - all right.

Wait, wait, wait, Just wait one second.

Listen, listen, listen. It all just comes down to me.

We don't need them. We never did, right?

I found you, not them.

So you'll sign with me, And we're gonna do

This thing together, okay?

Burt!

Damn it, Get him out of here!

My god, the bodies Are still warm in their graves.

Now, let's just Keep it that way.

Keep that look.

Keep thinking of burt As your husband.

I like the tragic look.

- excuse me. - thank you very much.

Thank you.

Lieutenant, the other clerk Says this looks like

The woman who was near the room Hogan was found in.

What name she use?

That's the weird part.

Margaret rawlings?

Well, margaret rawlings Is supposed to be dead.

I'm sure she is.

All right, Get it to the coroner.

I want the exact time Of death pinned down.

And put out an alarm For burt morino.

You think he's the killer?

No, The next victim.

Where's morino?

He left about an hour ago, Lieutenant.

- you get back to the squad. - okay.

Crocker, you stay here.

They'll melt under the lights.

Lieutenant, she is to be loved, Not to be grilled.

I know you understand.

I can see the look in your eyes.

Janelle, don't be too long.

Your makeup will run down, And I'll be stuck here

For another two hours.

They tug at you.

They pull at you.

How do you survive it all?

Well, you survive in the way You survive when

Your job becomes unpleasant; You just do it.

The name eddie hogan Mean anything to you?

- no. - hotel garner?

I never heard of it.

Who's eddie hogan?

The woman seen Outside sloane's apartment

Had a room at the hotel garner Where eddie hogan worked

And died

And had your picture Plastered all over

The switchboard.

I don't know.

I don't know Why this is happening to me.

Someone is killing people.

That someone is a woman, Someone close to you,

As close as your sister.

My sister is dead!

The woman seen At the hotel looked like you.

And you said your sister Looked like you.

I'm not gonna listen to you.

You're just like sloane And tyler.

You don't care about me.

You're just using me.

Using me!

And then I had crocker Put the hotel garner

Matchbook on her car seat.

She'll find it, frank.

And then we'll see If she goes for the worm.

Crocker's tailing her now.

Well, all right.

But keep me informed.

- excuse me. - yeah?

Was there a margaret rawlings Registered here?

Yes, ma'am.

Oh, my god.

You all right, lady?

- did she leave an address? - I don't think so.

Let me look.

No, there's no way To contact her.

Well, then How did she pay her bill?

With cash.

I haven't even stopped To change my clothes.

No one will notice.

All right, so janelle rawlings' Sister margaret

Was at this hospital in detroit Because being a groupie,

She followed a rock group And went on acid?

And her father Kept looking for her,

So she changed her name.

When he finally found her, She was dead.

Her friends buried her Under her fictitious name.

So I guess janelle was right. She was telling the truth.

Janelle was, But her sister wasn't.

You just accepted the fact That she died five years ago.

I accepted it, frank, But janelle didn't.

She never has.

Therefore, margaret isn't dead.

Theo, what the hell Are you talking about?

Kojak.

Lieutenant, she's been Driving around since she

Left the hotel; She jumped three lights,

Almost piled up a couple Of times.

I guess it's working.

Now she just went up To her apartment.

Hold on.

I'm worried about morino.

What's happening on that alarm We sent out?

Well, we still Haven't located him.

I'm on my way.

Just make sure morino stays away From her apartment, okay?

All right.

See, I don't know If I'm making myself

Entirely clear, Mr. Rawlings, but...

What--what--what I'm trying To say is that this is

A very tough business.

And sometimes you don't always Like the things

You have to do.

And I do want to get to the top, Just like janelle wants it.

I don't mean commercials, You know.

I don't--I mean, really the top,

You know, movies,

The whole ball of wax.

Sometimes--

Sometimes I just--

I just hate myself

For what I-- For what I have to do, but...

I just--I just do it anyway, You know?

I just--I keep doing it anyway, You know.

Because I just-- I just keep doing those things,

Because I just have to make it To the top.

You miserable pig.

Ah, well.

Where the hell have you been? You're scaring me.

You used me too.

Why are you talking like that?

You're talking very funny.

Hi.

How you doing?

I'm sorry I'm late.

Hey, jan.

I just want you to take a look At these contracts.

I'm tired.

Just--just--

I'm very tired.

Just take a look at this, Okay?

Please wait a second now.

I need you. I--

I don't want any part Of anybody ever using me

Ever again.

Hey.

Hey, you're the police.

I know you. I know you.

Anything to--anything To get to the top, right?

- get out! - anything with anybody.

Get out!

Mr. Rawlings, I'm sorry.

Sorry, I didn't-- I didn't mean that.

He knows what I mean.

Him and me, we both Come from the same sewer.

We could be millionaires.

We both could have a stink About us, right?

Tell her, mr. Rawlings. Tell her.

Get out!

Get out!

Oh, well, look who's here, Your friend the cop,

Janelle, hey.

Look at the way He looks at you, janelle, huh?

Hungry cop, right? Tell him.

- no chance, huh? - take him out and dry him up.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry!

Tell your father I'm sorry.

We've got the killer In custody.

Oh, no, not burt.

You, margaret.

You're the one who killed them.

Shut up!

That tramp janelle!

That whore!

She did it to you.

She did that to you, not me!

Not me. I didn't break your heart!

She did it!

And you're her friend.

Janelle!

Janelle.

Don't hurt him anymore.

He knows that margaret is dead.

Don't let margaret Use you again, janelle.

Papa...

I'm so sorry.

Margaret was here, wasn't she?

Wasn't she?

Oh, papa, I'm so sorry.

Wasn't she?

Yes, margaret was here.

Jan?

Oh, burt.

My sister did such Terrible things.

I love you.

I've always loved you.